Robotic Bagpipe Chanter

A bagpipe chanter connected to an air compressor and computer controlled fingers. The air compressor is made from three bicycle pumps. The eight fingers are electromagnetic. A Python program reads MIDI files and sends commands out the parallel port. The robot is playing Banjo Breakdown in this video.

This video was shot during RoboGames 2009 in San Francisco. http://neil.fraser.name/

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Bagpipe
• Robot
• Python

[RupertsCrystals]

Ok, you win.

That's officially the coolest video I've seen in a long time.

Keep up the good work.

[Bagpipe2009]

No, but there is always someone in the band who think that music and gracenotes should be played like a robot... they must be satisfied :)

[kfirlevi1]

amazing 

[pmbear]

One day all of us real pipers will be replaced by these.

[kurt1698]

banjo breakdown awsome tune

[MyVlogger]

Wicked sensitive crew - dropkick murphys

[biggolly]

hows about u go blow ur chanter lol robots wil never be able to play as good as humans

[skystormfarms]

the clicks ar the bagpipes saying just blow me

[nowweareone]

the robot pipers will destroy us all.  mankind will rue the day this device was invented.

[chrismuscaroler]

very cool. obviously, theres a lot of clicking that needs to be worked out, but its a really neat concept and sounds like a bagpipe.

[Eragon2811]

Wow if only a real Piper could play so exactly .

[MrOmahaBB]

@biggolly

You wasted enough time watching it and coming up with a "Humorous and clever" response. Blow me.